Blog 4

All marching bands share certain lingo that they use to get things done. Even though they all have language in common they are also very different. My marching band was very different from Ball State’s marching band. My band learns one show every year, and The Pride of Mid-America learns a new show every two weeks during football season. I’ve discovered that the people in Ball State’s band also act very differently from what I’m used to as well. They don’t share all of the same traditions as my high school band. While, in high school we spend every weekend at a competition, the people here spend their weekends at parties. When we were spending every day after school practicing for two hours, Ball State’s marching band practices only three times a week. A geographical factor is the difference between Indiana marching bands and Texas marching bands. Both states produce some of the best bands in the country, but the way they get to that level completely differs. Some Texas bands actually learn a show over a period of two or three years and when it’s perfected they come to Indiana to win every competition! All marching bands are slightly different, but still very similar in a lot of ways. There’s still so much I can learn about their differences.